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Topic: Smoking Servos Aren't Much Fun (Read 1190 times)

I'm going to put my noob factor on full display here. What in my ignorance did I do wrong here?

I'm learning how to operate servos off of an Arduino. I find I can run the servos fine if I power them off of a home-built variable-voltage power supply. However, this means I have to be plugged into a wall. I want to unteather this circuit from the wall, and so want to run off battery power.

I reached for a small 6V 1.3Ah AGM (lead acid) battery that happens to be handy.

I used the multimeter to discover it's I measured 6.3V across the terminals. I assumed that the 0.3V over wouldn't be catastrophic.

If you open the dead servo and post sharp close ups of anything that seems burnt, someone may be able to help you repair it - remember to take lots of pics along the way, so you can put it together correctly once you're done

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Regards,Søren

A rather fast and fairly heavy robot with quite large wheels needs what? A lot of power?Please remember...Engineering is based on numbers - not adjectives